Cities

About 90% of remote workers land in Belgrade: foreigners police, banks, coworking, airport BEG. Novi Sad is the second sensible hub: quieter, cheaper, an hour by train. The rest of the country (Niš, Kragujevac, no coast) is a job on the ground or a weekend, not a nomad base.

Compare

• Belgradecapital, nightlife, Vračar/Dorćol/New Belgrade, every government desk
• Novi SadVojvodina, Danube, student pace, lower rents

How to choose

• First relocation, sole trader, banks, kids in international schools → Belgrade
• Residence already in hand, want quieter and cheaper → Novi Sad (it has its own MOI, not a Belgrade branch)
• Do not sign a 12-month lease from arrivals: 2–4 weeks short-term, then walk the neighbourhood

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